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Pyomyositis and probable toxic shock syndrome caused by a Toxin-1 producing strain ofStaphylococcus aureus

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  1. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, J. B. Winsløwsvej 192, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    B. Gahrn-Hansen

  2. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Odense University Hospital, J. B. Winsløwsvej 192, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    L. Lundkvist

  3. Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, J. B. Winsløwsvej 192, DK-5000, Odense C, Denmark

    E. Nielsen

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Gahrn-Hansen, B., Lundkvist, L. & Nielsen, E. Pyomyositis and probable toxic shock syndrome caused by a Toxin-1 producing strain ofStaphylococcus aureus . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 8, 89–90 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964129

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